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<p class="size-xlarge b">September 9 North Rock Hill will launch a new Sunday worship service schedule with 9:30 AM,
11:00 AM, and 6:00 PM worship services.</p>

<p>This schedule best utilizes our current facility by providing
optimal seats at optimal times. New opportunities to serve in our Sunday disciple-making environments
also open with this new schedule. Will you join us in making this bold step possible by committing to
attend and serve during worship services on May 20?</p>

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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>

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<dt class="rounded">1. Why move a service from Sunday morning to Sunday evening?</dt>
<dd>NRHC&rsquo;s goal is to provide worship services with optimal seats at optimal times. Each worship
service needs to be a great opportunity for guests to be invited as well as a desirable time for the
NRHC family to worship. Though the 8:30 service has faithful attendance, it does not have the
ministry potential that 6:00 PM offers. For instance, we know that a 6:00 PM service provides a
tremendous opportunity to reach Winthrop students.</dd>

<dt class="rounded">2. Are additional worship service times anticipated in the future?</dt>
<dd>We hope to add a 4:30 PM service on Sunday in the near future. This service will provide the
opportunity for volunteers to serve at one evening worship service and attend the other, just as
volunteers currently do with the Sunday morning worship services. We believe that having four Sunday
worship services at optimal times best utilizes our facility without putting an undue burden on
staff and volunteers.</dd>

<dt class="rounded">3. Would a Saturday evening service be better than Sunday evening?</dt>
<dd>We have talked to many churches that offer services on Saturday evening, Sunday evening, or
both. The one statement heard over and over again was that Saturday evening services take a greater
toll on staff and volunteer leadership than Sunday evening services. For the size of our church, a
Sunday evening service seemed wiser. In fact we talked to one church that successfully moved it&rsquo;s
Saturday evening service to Sunday evening in order to provide a legitimate day of rest to their
staff and volunteers.</dd>

<dt class="rounded">4. What will happen to North Rock Students?</dt>
<dd>Student ministries are moving to Wednesday night in August. The Student ministry leadership was
actually discussing a move from Sunday evening to a weekday evening before the Sunday evening service
discussion began. Student ministry leadership feels that activities on a weekday evening provide
better opportunities to make and grow disciples of middle and high school students.</dd>

<dt class="rounded">5. What about Sunday evening Journey Groups?</dt>
<dd>NRHC desires for every person to experience biblical community, and Journey Groups pursue
life-changing relationships through discussing Scripture, praying, serving, and doing life together.
All of our Sunday evening Journey Group leaders are supporting of the Sunday evening worship service
and are considering alternative meeting times to help make more space in Journey Groups for those who
will attend the Sunday evening worship service. </dd>

<dt class="rounded">6. Aren&rsquo;t weekday evening groups difficult for families with young children?</dt>
<dd>Starting in the fall, all Journey Groups will have childcare reimbursement vouchers available 
to them. These vouchers, when signed by a Journey Group leader, give parents in Journey Groups 
access to funds to reimburse childcare expenses. By offsetting the cost of childcare for families, 
weekday evening Journey Groups should be more attainable. Parents will be able to participate in 
their Journey Group while knowing that their children are being cared for in their home by the 
childcare provider of their choice.</dd>
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